President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reappointment Mohammed Buba Marwa as the Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for another five-year term.
Marwa, a retired Brigadier-General in the Nigeria military, was first appointed by late President Muhammadu Buhari in January 2021.
Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, in a statement on Friday said the reappointment means the Adamawa-born former military officer will remain at the helm of the NDLEA until 2031.
Marwa, who was also a former military governor of Lagos and Borno States, is a graduate of the Nigerian Military School and the Nigerian Defence Academy, NDA.
After his commissioning as a second lieutenant in 1973, Marwa served as brigade major of the 23 Armoured Brigade, Aide-de-Camp (ADC) to Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Theophilus Danjuma, and academic registrar of the Nigerian Defence Academy. He also served as Deputy Defence Adviser in the Nigerian Embassy in Washington, DC, and later as Defence Adviser to the Nigerian Permanent Mission to the United Nations.
He holds two postgraduate degrees: a Master of Public and International Affairs from the University of Pittsburgh (1983–85) and a Master of Public Administration from Harvard University (1985–86).
